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UK Private Schools

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Private schools in the UK are redoubling their marketing efforts to foreigners. Almost a third of the 68,000 boarding pupils at such schools [blank] come from overseas. But now, with many UK residents [blank] or unable to afford the fee - top boarding schools [blank] £30,000 ($49,759) a year - and a cultural [blank] away from boarding, many schools are looking abroad to survive. Overseas students now [blank] for about £500m of fee income a year for boarding schools in the UK.

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Private schools in the UK are redoubling their marketing efforts to foreigners. Almost a third of the 68,000 boarding pupils at such schools already come from overseas. But now, with many UK residents unwilling or unable to afford the fee - top boarding schools edging towards £30,000 ($49,759) a year - and a cultural shift away from boarding, many schools are looking abroad to survive. Overseas students now account for about £500m of fee income a year for boarding schools in the UK.
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